Friday, May 02, 2008

Jaffa History

From wikipedia:
"The Arabs rejected the plan and on November 30, 1947, the day following the adoption of the UN resolution, seven Jews were killed by Arabs in Palestine in three separate incidents: at 8 o'clock in the morning, in what came to be seen as the opening shots of the 1948 War, three Arabs attacked a bus from Netanya to Jerusalem, killing five Jewish passengers. Half an hour later a second bus attack left a Jewish passenger dead. Later in the day a twenty-five-year old Jewish man was shot dead in Jaffa, where there were alleged attacks on Arabs by Jews."

and then the not so "alleged" attack, oh I see, it's called an "offensive" on Jaffa of course, not on real people:
"On April 25, 1948, Irgun launched an offensive on Jaffa, then the largest Arab city in Palestine, during which many of its Arab residents fled through the harbor. Haganah units took the city on May 14. Out of 70,000-80,000 Arabs, 3,600-4,100 remained."

So the 76,000 Arabs who may or may not have been twenty-five years old, who may or may not have been male must have just got on their luxury yachts waiting for them on the harbour, and left.

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